Ferrari 375 F1

The Ferrari 340F1 was a Formula 1 racing car, built and used by the Scuderia Ferrari.

As in the Ferrari 275F1 340F1 was also reflected in the new V- 12 engine of Aurelio Lampredi used. Lampredi, who was an advocate of motors without charge, had developed this beginning of the 1950s. The variation in the 340F1 was at 4.1 liters 320 hp (235 kW). In contrast to the 275 F1, which had a chassis according to the old pattern, a new chassis was designed for the types 340F1 and 375F1. The race car had front double wishbone and transverse leaf springs and a rigid rear De Dion axle with a single transverse leaf spring.

The 340F1 made ​​his debut at the Grand Prix of Nations at Geneva on 30 June 1950. His first try at a world championship race had the 340F1 at the Grand Prix of Italy 1950 Dorino Serafini at the wheel, who finished the race in second place. In the same race but also gave already the 375F1, the sister model with the 4.4-liter variant of the Lampredi engine, its race debut. This car drove Alberto Ascari. The 375F1 was in season 1951, the consistent use of the vehicle Scuderia in the world championship. The 340F1 were in the many races who had no world championship status, the 375F1 often preferred. Especially in road racing and on city courses they trusted rather to the 4.1 -liter engine, as the engine in the 375F1 already had 380 hp. With the 340F1 was 1951 in these races some successes are retracted.

Literature and sources

  • David Hodges: race car from A to Z to 1945 engine book publishing house, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7. .
  • Pino Casamassima: Storia della Scuderia Ferrari. Nada Editore, Vimodrome 1998, ISBN 88-7911-179-5.
  • Leonardo Acerbi: 60 years Ferrari. Heel, King Winter 2007, ISBN 978-3-89880-815-6
  • Formula 1 racing cars of the 1950 season
  • Historic Racing Car
  • Ferrari race cars
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